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Design for Living

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NR,1hr 30min
Genres:
Comedy,Romance
Release:
1933
Director:
Ernst Lubitsch
Starring:
Fredric March, Gary Cooper, Miriam Hopkins  ...more
Synopsis: Design for Living was based on the stage comedy by Noel Coward, though little of his dialogue actually made it to the screen. Playwright Fredric March and artist Gary Cooper both fall in love with Miriam Hopkins, an American living in Paris. Both men love the girl, and the girl can't make up her mind between the two men, so the threesome decide to move in together--strictly platonically, of course. As the men gain in success and prominence, the chasteness of the "menage a trois" begins to be threatened, ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
When first released, Design for Living was assailed for the incredible liberties it took in transferring the material from stage to the screen. Indeed, director Ernst Lubitsch and screenwriter Ben Hecht kept only a single line of dialogue from the witty, sparkling Noel Coward comedy -- and that one line was hardly itself distinguished. In other hands, this would have been a recipe for disaster; fortunately, ... Full Review
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Fredric March
Tom Chambers
Gary Cooper
George Curtis
Miriam Hopkins
Gilda Farrell
Edward Everett Horton
Max Plunkett
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